Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Lens (Latin, a lentil or bean).

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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.


Lens (Latin, a lentil or bean).

Glasses used in mathematical instruments are so called because the double convex one, which may be termed the perfect lens, is of a bean shape.	1

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